April 23, 2014 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: Chicago Tribune, April 22, 2014) CHICAGO — The recent spate of accidents in the U.S. and Canada involving trains carrying crude oil demonstrates that “far too often, safety has been compromised,” the head of the top U.S. transportation safety agency...
April 23, 2014 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: Toledo Blade, April 22, 2014) TOLEDO, Ohio — The public-safety benefit from routing trains hauling crude oil or ethanol to avoid heavily populated areas could be offset by the higher risk of derailments on lesser-used tracks, a panelist at a National...
April 21, 2014 | CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, April 18, 2014) BALTIMORE, Md. — The National Transportation Safety Board says high speed was the probable cause of a shipping accident that did more than $2 million worth of damage to a CSX Corp. coal pier in Baltimore Harbor. The...
April 9, 2014 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, April 8, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board has developed a webinar for current and potential participants in rail transit investigations. The objective of the three-hour...
April 9, 2014 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, April 8, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today released the agenda and list of panelists for the forum, Rail Safety: Transportation of Crude Oil and Ethanol, to be...
April 8, 2014 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Reuters, April 7, 2014) NEW YORK — The driver of a train that derailed in December in New York City, killing four passengers, had an undiagnosed sleep disorder at the time of the accident, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Monday....
April 8, 2014 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, April 7, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of its continuing investigation into the December 1, 2013 Metro-North Railroad accident that occurred in The Bronx, New York, the National Transportation...
March 13, 2014 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 12, 2014) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) yesterday announced that Deborah Hersman will step down as chairman, effective April 25. Vice Chairman Christopher Hart will begin serving as acting chairman upon her...
March 7, 2014 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, March 6, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today announced it will hold a public forum on April 22-23 in Washington that will examine the safety issues associated with...
February 19, 2014 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, February 18, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today issued a series of safety recommendations to the Metro-North Railroad calling for the use of inward and outward...
